Karim Benzema in race to face Celtic but Real Madrid receive welcome news over fellow superstar

Lidl has joined the ranks of other major retailers by launching a massive Black Friday sale with discounts across some major brands, including Breville, Tassimo and Toshiba.

From today people across Perth and Kinross will be taking part in an international campaign to tackle gender-based violence.

A memorial to Celtic captain Billy McNeill will be unveiled in the town of his birth this weekend.

Motorists planning on travelling between Dundee and Perth on the A90 this weekend are being warned to expect disruptions and delays.

Perthshire pro-independence supporters and politicians are coming to terms with the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Scottish Government cannot hold an independence referendum without the UK Government’s consent.

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson has been announced as the new host of Virgin Radio’s drivetime show, replacing Steve Denyer. He will begin presenting the 4-7pm slot five days a week in the new year.“I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to getting started on Virgin Radio”, says Wilson.

RELEASESZayn has released a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Angel’ to coincide with what would have been the late guitarist’s 80th birthday.Jelani Blackman has released new single ‘Izit’, featuring Kojey Radical. “Kojey’s a very talented artist, we’ve known each other for a while and been waiting to collaborate at some point”, he says. “I’m happy this is the track we linked up on because I think it reflects the energy we both have.

Adidas has confirmed that it will launch an investigation into allegations of misconduct that have been made against Kanye West by people who worked on the rapper’s long-running Yeezy joint venture with the sportswear brand.That joint venture was cancelled recently when West’s flurry of controversial interviews and statements made the alliance untenable, but – former employees say – Adidas bosses were previously willing to turn a blind eye to their superstar business partner’s bad behaviour.Those former employees have expressed their grievances in a letter to Adidas bosses which has been seen by Rolling Stone.In it they say that Adidas staff members who came into contact with West via the Yeezy JV had to deal with “years of verbal abuse, vulgar tirades and bullying attacks”, but management – although aware of this behaviour – “turned their moral compass off” and ignored that conduct, because, you know, that’s just “Kanye being Kanye”.Rolling Stone reports: “Behind the scenes, [West] did more than test the boundaries of professionalism. Former Yeezy and Adidas staffers and creative collaborators claim that he played pornography to Yeezy staff in meetings; discussed porn and showed an intimate photograph of Kim Kardashian in job interviews; and showed an explicit video and photos of Kardashian as well as his own sex tapes to Yeezy team members”.Meanwhile, the letter from the former employees states: “[West] has, in years past, exploded at women in the room with offensive remarks, and would resort to sexually disturbing references when providing design feedback.

BTS’s Jin has officially enlisted in the South Korean army, with his basic training programme set to begin next month.With that news now out, the singer has requested that the Army not turn up to try to catch a glimpse of him as he goes through the training process. The Army being the name that BTS fans are known by, of course. The army will be there obviously.

Producer Fernando Corona – best known as Murcof – has announced new project Twin Color, which sees him moving into post-punk, new wave and synth wave sounds.“I started working on Twin Color during the first wave of the pandemic, back in early/mid-2020”, he explains. “I was playing around in the studio trying to come up with some ideas for a possible new Murcof album.

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Today’s launch of Harvey Weinstein exposé movie She Said has given a shot in the arm to a UK campaign to stop the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

John Needham insists St Mirren won’t derail their top-six bid by selling off the family silver this winter.

I'm a Celebrity kicked off another campmate on Thursday night as fans chose to give Chris Moyles the boot.

Former Ayrshire MP Sir Brian Donohoe has branded plans to introduce car parking charges in North Ayrshire as "total folly."

A DPD courier reportedly working 14-hour shifts seven days a week in the lead up to the Black Friday sales was tragically discovered dead in his van.

David Walliams is reportedly quitting his judging role on ITV's Britain's Got Talent after a 10 year run on the programme.

The RMT trade union has confirmed that its general grades members have voted to accept the improved pay offer made by ScotRail.

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A developer with designs to build around 160 new homes in Kinross has appealed a council direction to provide an environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the dismay of a councillor concerned about the potential impact on Loch Leven.

Perth and Kinross Council has extended a public consultation involving two planning applications filed by a company believed to be supplying material for the Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) project after concerns were aired at a public meeting.

Dalbeattie Star boss Eddie Warwick is hoping to get a run of games in before the end of the year – if the weather allows it.

Balmaclellan actor Sam Heughan has enjoyed success at the Scottish BAFTAs.

There are less than five weeks until Christmas but if you haven’t started your gift shopping yet then there’s no need to panic - yet!

Will it be that Friday feeling for Michael Beale?

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has revealed that he studied Josip Juranovic's penalty kicks before denying the Celtic star in the Spanish capital.

Ange Postecoglou led Celtic back to the big time in the Champions League group stage – and they don't come much bigger than Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Celtic bowed out of the Champions League on the final match day having been dealt a tough lesson in a 5-1 defeat against Real Madrid.

Carlo Ancelotti was in jovial mood after Real Madrid put Celtic to the sword at the Bernabeu.

Celtic have won plaudits for their Champions League efforts but they were offered a sobering reminder of the levels required to truly compete in this brutal final outing at the Bernabeu.

Real Madrid don’t need a helping hand in the Santiago Bernabeu but Celtic gave them one any way after conceding TWO penalties for handball to set the 14-time champions on their way to a hammering of the Hoops.

Matt O'Riley knows a blast of Bernabeu magic for Celtic could give him one last major push towards the World Cup Finals.

Karim Benzema remains a massive doubt to face Celtic after sitting out as Real Madrid slumped to a home draw with lowly Girona yesterday.

Karim Benzema may not be fit to face Celtic as the Hoops make the trip to Spain to face Real Madrid on Wednesday.